Ribbed knitted fabric.



' No. 846,428. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

R. w. SCOTT. RIBBED KNITTED FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1906 2o ment'and manipulation of UNITED STATES ROBERT W. SCOTT, or LEEDS TO LOUIS IN. 1). WILLIAMS,

PATENT oEFIo RIBBED KNITTED FABRIC,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed June 25.190 Serial No. 323,266.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, ROB RT W. Scorr, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in Leeds Point, Atlantic .county, N ew Jersey, I have invented certain Improvements in Ribbed Knitted Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of knit ted fabrics in which ornamental open-work ,10 effects are produced by the formation of eyelet-holes in the knitted web, the object of my inventionlbei'ng to produce such ornamental or open-work effects in ribbed webs,

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an exaggerated view of a I knitted web, illustrating t e manner of forming eyelet-holes therein in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is likewise an exaggerated View illustrating the arrangethe needle of a knitting machine'whereby such eyelet-holes are produced.

Referring, in the first instance, to Fig. 1 of the drawing, a a represent the face-wales of 1 the fabric, such as are produced upon the,

cylinder-needles of a rib-knitting machine, and b are rib-Wales, such as are producedupon the dial-needlesof the machine. In order to produce an eyelet-hole in the ribbed web-'- such, for instance, as represented at ca stitch of a wale b is transferred from a dial needle onto an adjoining cylinder-needle of the machine and is then cast ofl from said dial-needle, andin knitting the next course i 3 5 anopen loop dis drawnupon the dial-needle 1n order-to again start the rib-Wale b.-

The disposition and manipulation of the .needles for effecting the operationdescribed will be understood on reference to Fig. 2, in 4 which .a' represent cylinder-needles for producing the ace-wales a of the fabric, and I) represent the dial-needles for producing the rib-wales b. In knitting the web both sets of needlesare in action, as shown, and when it is desired to form {an eyelet-hole c a ribneedle is projected and then shogged laterally ---e .so -,as to bring the stitch thereon into. the

plane of the adjoining cylinder-needle a,

which is then projected so as to enter said 5 stitch, whereupon the needle 6 isretracted in order to cast the stitch therefrom and onto the cylinder-needle, and is then restored to its "normal position inorder to draw a fresh loop d in the formation of the next course of theweb. i

iece of ribbed wales drawn in one direction to interloop Sofar as I am aware I am the first to produce a ribbed web having ornamental or open-work effects produced therein by 'transferring stitches from wales of one face of the web to adj oining wales of the other face. In carrying out my invention I can use a ma-. chine equipped with ordinary latch-needles,

and I effect the transfer of the stitches from needles of one set ,to those of the other set by simple movements of the needles themselves, as in my Patent N 0. 834,7 63, dated October- 30, 1906, without the aid of supplementary transfer mechanism. r

I claim* i 1. A ribbed knitted web having eyeletholes therein produced by transfer of a stitch of a Wale of one face into an adj oining'wale of the other face. r 2. A ribbed knitted web having eyeletholes therein produced by transfer ofa stitch. of a Wale of one face into an adjoining wale of the other face, said transferred stitch being followed by an open loop in the Wale from which the transfer was made.

' 3. The mode herein described of producing eyelet-holes in ribbedknitted webs, consisting in knitting the web upon" two sets of needles drawn in different directions in adjacentwales, and then transferring stitches from with wales drawn in the other direction.

4.- The mode herein described of producing eyelet-holes in ribbed knitted webs, consisting'in knitting the web upon two sets of nee-. dles drawing 1n different directions In ad3a-- cent ,wales, and then transferring stitches from wales drawn in one direction to interloop with wales drawn in the other direction, solely by movement of the needles in respect to one another 5. The mode herein despribed of producing eyelet-holes in ribbed knitted webs, consisting in knitting the web upon two sets of me dles drawn in different directions in adjacent wales, and then transferring stitches from wales drawn in one direction to interloop with wales .drawn in the other direction, solely, by movement of the needles in respect to one another, and then knitting'further courses ofweb by normal operation of the needles. 6. The mode herein described ofprodu cing eyelet-holes in ribbed knitted webs, consist-- v ing in knitting the web upon two sets of needles drawn in difl'erent directions inadjacent I I wales, and then transferring stitches from 1 In testimony whereof I have signed my Wales drawn in one direction to interloop name to this specification in the presence of with wales drawn'in the other direction, two subscribing witnesses.

solely by movement of the needles in respect ROBERT W. SCOTT. to one another, and then knitting further Witnesses:

courses of web by normal operation of the l IIAMiLToN D. TURNER,

needles. 1 KATE A. BEADLE. 

